There is a sizzling after the loss to England. Norway showed after the first water break that England is not superior to us. Some mildly strange refereeing decisions and exit the World Cup “far too early” put a cloud over Sunday’s World Cup atmosphere in Norway. We still choose to shake off the disappointment and go directly over to what Solbakken and the Norwegian national team have achieved in the biggest arena. Andres Schelderup has shown throughout the championship why he became one of Jose Mourinho’s favourite players at Benfica.
Against France, Schelderup was on the field from the start, where the 22-year-old got 83 minutes on the field, Thelo Aasgaard found the Norwegian goal after 21 minutes. In the games against Ivory Coast and Brazil, the winger was on the pitch for up to one half, in both games the Benfica star helped Norway’s attacking play to lift. Schelderup shows himself to be a constant threat on the wing, is extremely willing to work and has a technique and confidence with the ball that can be compared to the best Spaniards.
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In Lisbon, Benfica are working hard to extend with Schelderup, but various media claim the Norwegian international striker has hidden away his signature pen, he is waiting for the right offer from the Premier League – and it seems to be coming.
Tottenham have an obvious problem with the left wing position, which was not rectified last summer when club legend Son Heung-min left for LAFC. According to Record , Tottenham are throwing themselves into the race to sign Norway’s new star winger. Liverpool are already on, where Schelderup is seen as a cheaper alternative to top goal Yan Diomande. According to the Portuguese media, Benfica are opening up bids from 40 million euros for the player, who last season went on with 10 goals and 7 assists, in several matches as the match-winner.
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Then came Saturday’s game against England, the big test against a bunch of Premier League stars. Solbakken chose to start with Schelderup, the 22-year-old created life and stir on the left wing, where it peaked with the jerk, pulls and shot right in the cross to give Norway a 1-0 lead after 36 minutes. TV commentators thought it looked like a pass to Haaland that found its way directly to the goal, but those who have followed Schelderup know that the 22-year-old has a hunger to score that very often sends him straight to the goal.
Now the World Cup is over for Andreas Schelderup, but one thing is for sure, Premier League clubs will go to great lengths to convince the Norwegian international to go to the ball island.
According to the Spanish newspaper Diario AS, Bardelona was very interested in the Norwegian winger this winter. Sporting director Deco is said to have personally taken the overall responsibility for following Schjelderup’s development closely, The interest is said to have been so concrete that Barcelona had scouts physically present in the stands during the matches in the Portuguese league. The choice fell on England’s Anthony Gordon at 80 million euros. On Saturday, Schelderup showed Barcelona that he was the sharper of the two. We’re just mentioning it.
Andreas Schelderup has shown the world the beginning of something really, really big.
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